Tools of the Trade

Published January 30, 2021 by CZedwards

In Defense of Constructed Language

(Originally posted on Write.as in January, 2019)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid.
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Digital Subscriber Line
Insulin
Hemoglobin
Telephone

fiction Galantier Media critique Writing

fiction Galantier

Published January 29, 2021 by CZedwards

A Craft Demonstration on Constructed Language

I was PLANNING to #amwriting in my cave.

But SOMEONE failed to properly charge the hardware overnight. (That would be me. Sherlock would be convinced I’m drunk, but nope, just nearsighted.) I have just plotted a NEW swerve, but it’s gonna percolate.

Instead, a craft lesson.

craft fiction Galantier Rebellion Writing

Published November 8, 2020 by CZedwards

After the Shaking Stops – a compiled twitter thread

Originally a twitter thread, November 8, 2020

Hey all —
At the end of trauma (or when you know the trauma will be ending) everything feels incredibly shaky.
You’ve gotten used to the feeling of the earth shaking, and when it stops, it takes a minute for your emotional equilibrium to catch up.
It’s normal.
It’s OK.
You’re OK.

politics psych self-care trauma

politics psych

Published September 15, 2020 by CZedwards

Recycled Satanic Panic 3: Displaced Anxiety and Role Playing

Twitter thread. This was also an extemporaneous thread, rather than pre-composed, so this post corrects any egregious lack of clarity. Twitter was my first draft.

Subtitle: Another way conspiracy displaces real anxiety

current events Emergency Preparedness environment History Policing politics psych social media trauma Trigger Warning

conspiracies LARP policy psych

Published September 14, 2020 by CZedwards

Recycled Satanic Panic 2: The myth of Stranger Danger & (white, child) Trafficking

Twitter thread/ minor grammatical fixes included for clarity. The twitter thread was an off-the-cuff first draft, not polished.

Trafficking?
1) It applies WAY more to the guys at Home Depot you hire for $30/day to tear out the weeds, not children.
2) And the women who sew all the cheap crap you wear.
3) And the people who pick your vegetables.
4) And teens thrown out of their parents’ home & forced into sex work to eat.

conspiracies current events Financial Crime Health politics psych

conspiracies politics psych Social contract

Published September 13, 2020 by CZedwards

Recycled Satanic Panic 1: Q, Child Abuse, Conspiracy Theories & Anxiety

Originally a Twitter thread.

The single class of people most likely to sexually abuse a child: their step-parent.

The call is coming from inside the house, not the elected official 10 states away.
The person your kid didn’t trust but you married anyway?
About that…

conspiracies Health psych trauma

conspiracies psych Social contract socio-economics trauma

Published August 27, 2020 by CZedwards

Babylock Ellegante BLG Beeps Forever In A Boot Loop

A Babylock Ellegante is a former top of the line sewing-embroidery machine. I think it debuted around 2008, and apparently, it was… well, it was First of Its Name, and some people thought it was lemony.

I bought mine used in 2015, and I admit there are times it has behaved oddly. Most of these have actually been user error, when I finally figured out what was happening. But it’s no worse behaved than most machines I’ve owned.

Household needlework sewing textiles

Babylock Boot Loop how to machines Sewing

Published June 15, 2020 by CZedwards